14.02.120 Threshold determinations – Environmental checklist.
A. A completed environmental checklist shall be filed at the same time as an application for a permit, license, certificate or other approval not exempted by this chapter. The checklist shall be in the form of WAC 197-11-960 with such additions that may be required by the responsible official in accordance with WAC 197-11-906(4).
B. A checklist is not needed if the city and the applicant agree an EIS is required, SEPA compliance has been completed, or SEPA compliance has been initiated by another agency.
C. The city shall use the environmental checklist to determine the lead agency and, if the city is the lead agency, for determining the responsible official and for making the threshold determination.
D. For private proposals, the applicant is required to complete the environmental checklist. The city may provide assistance as necessary. For city proposals the department initiating the proposal shall complete the environmental checklist for that proposal.
E. The city may decide to complete all or part of the environmental checklist for a private proposal, if either of the following occurs:
1. The city has technical information on a question or questions that is unavailable to the private applicant; or
2. The applicant has provided inaccurate information on previous proposals or on proposals currently under consideration. (Ord. 1631 § 1, 1996; Ord. 1149, 1984).